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The left celebrate Kirk’s death because they couldn’t cancel him

According to his critics, Charlie Kirk was not assassinated when he was shot in front of 3000 people at Utah Valley University – he committed...

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Mia Schlicht

Anxious government ‘floods the zone’ with defence dollars for Trump

The government is anxious to impress that Australia is doing more on defence than spending 2 per cent of GDP, ahead of a possible meeting with the...

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Phillip Coorey

Labor’s FOI changes threaten open government

The Albanese government’s proposed changes to the Freedom of Information Act would diminish transparency and the opportunity for review and input,...

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Andrew Bragg

Sorry, Ken Henry. Timber workers, not Koalas, are endangered

Seemingly affable and pragmatic Chris Minns joins a line of Labor premiers who’ve sold out honest workers in a sustainable industry for green votes.

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Vic Jurskis

The left celebrates Kirk’s death because they couldn’t cancel him

According to his critics, Charlie Kirk was not assassinated when he was shot in front of 3000 people at Utah Valley University; he committed suicide.

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Mia Schlicht

Has Albanese’s political football in Papua gone too far?

The prime minister has opted to focus on footy and not infrastructure to counter increasing Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Andrea Wallace

Business must prepare for even more disruptive cyberattacks

Corporate security is now increasingly national security. So what should private companies – the last line of defence for themselves and often the...

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Ciaran Martin

Memo to women: Get ready to work for free again

The gender pay gap is tediously persistent and worse than we thought, with it persisting even when female freelancers set their own remuneration...

yesterday 10

Pilita Clark

Climate ambitions ring hollow for firms facing the costs

Despite all the money and rhetoric, Australia’s emissions cuts have flatlined for the past four years, suggesting a tough ask to reach Labor’s...

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Jennifer Hewett

Australia can’t adapt its way out of missed targets

Bowen’s insistence that the government remains on course to reach its emission targets does little to resolve the fact that they are increasingly...

yesterday 2

The Afr View

ANZ can’t spin away its blackest day

The saga is a stain on the nine and a half year reign of former chief executive Shayne Elliott and the half-decade tenure of chairman Paul...

yesterday 1

The Afr View

Why universities must be better model for disagreement than a gun

Kirk killing underlines our responsibility to insist these institutions must be a better forum for true engagement and wisdom than social media.

yesterday 2

Simon Haines

Can Albanese agree where he can, and disagree where he must, with Trump?

The best outcome from the US visit might be to adapt the formula Albanese once applied to managing ties with China.

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The Afr View

Tech risks pile up as UTS restructures

Information technology risks loom large at University of Technology Sydney as it prepares to release details of a proposed $100 million...

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Tony Boyd

Universities are not businesses and can’t be run like one

When non-profit organisations are managed as if they were for-profit firms, problems emerge. Economists have long warned of this.

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Sinclair Davidson

Why Trump and Murdoch are the kings of shamelessness

Many date the start of the post-truth era to the creation of Fox News, an outlet happy to broadcast the US President’s lies and fantasies as if...

previous day 10

Henry Mance

Influencers who celebrate Kirk death show their true colours

If the feminine qualities of care, empathy and moral courage anchor our social fabric, we should ask what happens when those qualities are weaponised.

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Clare Rowe

Why the case for a corporate tax cut is tricky

If business wants change, it needs to do more than just call for “lower taxes”. It needs a clear model, a credible way to fund it, and a persuasive...

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Aruna Sathanapally

Ley’s task has never been simpler – or harder to achieve

The Liberal Party has a simple objective but a difficult task. Attract more younger voters while retaining the traditional base.

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Phillip Coorey

Charlie Kirk was practising politics exactly the right way

The right-wing commentator turned up time and again at universities to debate his opponents. Liberalism could use more of his moxie and fearlessness.

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Ezra Klein

Big business swaps fights for favours with Labor

CEOs are giving Canberra the benefit of the doubt as they wait to see whether suddenly fashionable words such as productivity will translate into...

12.09.2025 1

Jennifer Hewett

Why the Pacific is becoming Australia’s most expensive battlefield

Australia’s attempts to win hearts and minds in the Pacific could prove economically and politically ruinous.

12.09.2025 2

The Afr View

The market may be overlooking the risk of another inflation cycle

Investors have perhaps foolishly dismissed the possibility of the US Federal Reserve being forced to raise rates next year.

12.09.2025 2

Christopher Joye

The rise, fall and flailing of Jacinta Price

Every rock she hurled landed like a penny in her enemies’ wishing well. It is some accomplishment to manage to offend just about everybody.

12.09.2025 2

Michael Easson

China’s giant military parade didn’t surprise just the West

China’s recent display of its newly acquired military might surprised not only international observers but its own seasoned diplomats.

12.09.2025 1

Geoff Raby

Don’t believe China’s lies about Taiwan

It’s ironic to see the CCP attempting to use the high-profile commemoration of the WWII military victory against fascism to justify its fictional...

12.09.2025 3

David Cheng-Wei Wu

Sussan Ley would rather die on her feet than live on her knees

Whether it’s staring down the Nationals or taking on Jacinta Price, the opposition leader has demonstrated that she’s not going to die wondering.

12.09.2025 20

Phillip Coorey

The 3 demographic shifts sealing the Coalition’s fate

Australia’s unique political forces – migration, education, compulsory voting – are reshaping the nation, but the Liberal Party has failed to adapt...

12.09.2025 10

Kos Samaras

Kirk killing is a reckoning for cancel culture at the barrel of a gun

The normalisation of political violence is a tragic reflection of the perilous state of American democracy, which has been fractured by intense...

11.09.2025 9

The Afr View

Will killing Charlie Kirk in the name of politics be a turning point?

As the search for Charlie Kirk’s killer continues, the fallout threatens to spread across the political spectrum and into the heart of middle...

11.09.2025 10

Zoe Booth

Richard Holden is wrong about Australia building sovereign AI

To suggest that because we can’t outspend OpenAI, Anthropic or Google we shouldn’t bother building sovereign capability, is to misunderstand the...

11.09.2025 5

Simon Kriss

Telstra’s biggest policy fight isn’t over AI but is just as critical

Telcos are happy with the idea of having their spectrum licences simply renewed rather than being forced to bid for them again. Consumer groups...

11.09.2025 2

Jennifer Hewett

Australian universities crying poor masks the reality. Here’s why

More than half the public universities manage to run deficits despite revenues expanding at double-digit annual rates and the government’s...

11.09.2025 10

Salvatore Babones

Peak bubble or new boom? Oracle’s big day is a wake-up call either way

The tech firm’s stunning one-day surge is a real moment. But whether it’s the start of a new chapter in the AI story or the apex of the hype is far...

11.09.2025 4

Chanticleer

This Macquarie ‘what if’ could have a $20b answer

Macquarie’s commodities and global markets division can be very hot, and sometimes not. One analyst wonders if it is worth more in another owner’s...

11.09.2025 2

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The left celebrate Kirk’s death because they couldn’t cancel him

Mia Schlicht

Anxious government ‘floods the zone’ with defence dollars for Trump

Phillip Coorey

Labor’s FOI changes threaten open government

Andrew Bragg

Sorry, Ken Henry. Timber workers, not Koalas, are endangered

Vic Jurskis

The left celebrates Kirk’s death because they couldn’t cancel him

Mia Schlicht

Has Albanese’s political football in Papua gone too far?

Andrea Wallace

Business must prepare for even more disruptive cyberattacks

Ciaran Martin

Memo to women: Get ready to work for free again

Pilita Clark

Climate ambitions ring hollow for firms facing the costs

Jennifer Hewett

Australia can’t adapt its way out of missed targets

The Afr View

ANZ can’t spin away its blackest day

The Afr View

Why universities must be better model for disagreement than a gun

Simon Haines

Can Albanese agree where he can, and disagree where he must, with Trump?

The Afr View

Tech risks pile up as UTS restructures

Tony Boyd

Universities are not businesses and can’t be run like one

Sinclair Davidson

Why Trump and Murdoch are the kings of shamelessness

Henry Mance

Influencers who celebrate Kirk death show their true colours

Clare Rowe

Why the case for a corporate tax cut is tricky

Aruna Sathanapally

Ley’s task has never been simpler – or harder to achieve

Phillip Coorey

Charlie Kirk was practising politics exactly the right way

Ezra Klein

Big business swaps fights for favours with Labor

Jennifer Hewett

Why the Pacific is becoming Australia’s most expensive battlefield

The Afr View

The market may be overlooking the risk of another inflation cycle

Christopher Joye

The rise, fall and flailing of Jacinta Price

Michael Easson

China’s giant military parade didn’t surprise just the West

Geoff Raby

Don’t believe China’s lies about Taiwan

David Cheng-Wei Wu

Sussan Ley would rather die on her feet than live on her knees

Phillip Coorey

The 3 demographic shifts sealing the Coalition’s fate

Kos Samaras

Kirk killing is a reckoning for cancel culture at the barrel of a gun

The Afr View

Will killing Charlie Kirk in the name of politics be a turning point?

Zoe Booth

Richard Holden is wrong about Australia building sovereign AI

Simon Kriss

Telstra’s biggest policy fight isn’t over AI but is just as critical

Jennifer Hewett

Australian universities crying poor masks the reality. Here’s why

Salvatore Babones

Peak bubble or new boom? Oracle’s big day is a wake-up call either way

Chanticleer

This Macquarie ‘what if’ could have a $20b answer

Chanticleer